Watch-guard.



PATENTED APR. 16, 1907.

P. B. SMITH. WATCH GUARD. Arrmcrnon FILED NOV.24,1906.

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PAUL B. SMITH, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

WATCH-GUARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 16, 1907.

Ap li ation m November 24,1906. Serial No. 344,979.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, PAUL B. SMITH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inWatch- Guards, of which the following is a specifica tion.

This invention contemplates certain new and useful improvements inwatch-guards or safety attachments for watch-pockets; and the object ofmy invention is to rovide a very simple and cheap device of thischaracter which may whenever desired be used as a complete substitutefor the ordinary watch chain or fob, the invention consisting,essentially, of an improved construction of clip designed to be securedto the ring of a watch and to also be securely held in engagement withthe wearers pocket, in which the watch is deposited in such a manner asto prevent surreptitious and accidental removal of the watch, while atthe same time the owner of the watch may by proper manipulation readilyremove the watch from his pocket whenever desired.

With this and other objects in view, as will more fully appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists in certain constructionsand arrangements of parts herein after described, and particularlypointed out in the claim. I

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and alsoto acquire a knowl: edge of the details of construction and the meansfor effecting the result reference is to be had to the followingdescription and accomp anying drawings, in which Figure 1 is aperspective view of my improved watch-guard, a watch and the outside ofa pocket being illustrated in dotted lines; and Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsectional view of the guard detached.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

In its preferred construction my improved watch-guard is formed of asingle piece or strip of sheet metal or material possessing springcharacteristics, and, as shown in the drawings, the numeral ,1designates the main, preferably flat, member of the device.

The material of which the device is formed is continued from the mainmember 1 at one end thereof and, as shown, is returned upon itself toform the loop 2 and the springtongue 3. The tongue 3 extends from theloop 2 in a direction away from the main member 1 and is so bent as toproduce the narrow throat or contracted mouth or open ing 4 leading tothe throat of the loop. At I the opposite end of the device the materialis bent or offset laterally from the main member 1, as indicated at 5,and is then again bent toward the extremity of the tongue and slightlypast the same, as indicated at 6, and is finally returned or curled uponitself inwardly, so as to form a clip member 7 to co act with the tongue3, the extremity of the tongue normally springing out into engagementwith the outer side of this clip member, as shown.

In the practical use of the device the ring of the Watch to be securedby my improved guard is slipped uppast the extremity of the tongue,which yields for this action, and is then inserted down between thetongue and the main member until it finds lodgment in the loop 2. Thecontracted mouth 4, leading to the mouth of the loop 2, will manifestlyinsure against the accidental removal or detachment of the ring from theloop and will hold the guard device securely to the watch. The watch isthen inserted in the desired pocket with the main flat member 1 provedguard will be. securely held in ones pocket when applied as abovedescribed without injury to the watch or goods of which the pocket ismade and that the device will insure the wearer against surreptitious oraccidental removal of the watch, as the clip is securely attached to thepocket and engages the cloth thereof in a sufficiently tight manner asto instantly indicate to the wearer if an attempt be made to remove theclip and the watch by stealth. At the same time, the watch may be takenout of the pocket whenever desired by merely pressing the tongue 3inwardly, the forefinger of the hand being preferably used for thispurpose, while the thumb engages the inner face of the main flat member1 inside of the pocket. By then pinching the thumb and finger togetherthe tonguemay be sprung back and the entire device removed without anytrouble.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is As a newarticle of manufacture, the hereindescribed watch-guard consisting of anin tegral piece of metal returned upon itself at one end whereby to forma loop, and a tongue beyond the loop and said piece being bent uponitself at its opposite end, first in an offset direction, then towardthe tongue and finally curled inwardly and past the extremity of thetongue, the said loop being adapted to accommodate the ring of a watch,and the extremity of the tongue and the other extremity of the devicebein adapted for frictionally engaging the clot of a pocket betweenthem.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses,

PAUL B. SMITH. [11. s.] Witnesses:

EDGAR S. LONGEE, FRANK B. JOHNSTON.

